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PP yet to hold NEC meeting
Three weeks after former president Joyce Banda said her People’s Party (PP) national executive committee (NEC) would meet to…
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Three die of electric shock
Three people died on the spot while another is battling for life at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre…
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We will not be paraded by politicians—Mzimba chiefs
Ngoni chiefs in Mzimba say they will not be paraded on various media platforms or at political rallies to pledge…
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Goodall booed For backing APM
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe was on Saturday booed for defending President Peter Mutharika who…
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K4bn fund modalities under scrutiny
Modalities for implementing the K4 billion funding have edged out councillors and local communities in favour of members of…
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‘Women can also excel in science’
Malawi African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (Maward) says the institutions mentorship programmes in the sub-Saharan region have…
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APM hits at Chilima
President Peter Mutharika has said he is concerned that his second in command, Vice-President Saulos Chilima, made “wild corrupt accusations”…
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Mixed views on civil servants vying for political positions
As the momentum to the 2019 polls builds, there is divided opinion on civil servants who have publicly shown interest…
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CSOs hail court ruling on child imprisonment
Civil society organisations (CSOs) have hailed a recent High Court ruling directing that all children pending trial at Kachere and…
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Kalindo’s ‘albino village’ idea stuns MPs
Member of Parliament for Mulanje South Bon Kalindo on Friday caused a stir in the House in Lilongwe, when he…
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Synod, Ngoni chiefs bad blood rages on
Bad blood continues to flow between Ngoni chiefs of Mzimba and the Livingstonia Synod secretariat with the chiefs yesterday taking…
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Council calls for external auditor
Nsanje District Council has asked the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development to intervene in an audit report on…
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AG evasive on IFMIS saga
Bidding was done in 2015. 12 bidders expressed interest. World Bank pulled out, process halted. K5 billion set aside to…
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Chilumpha attacks MCP, MEC
Former vice-president Cassim Chilumpha has taken a swipe at the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) for failure to help…
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CSOs plan march to press for plastic ban
Almost 10 environmental conscious Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have organised a march next week Friday to protest the use of…
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Poor loan recoveries impacting on Medf
The Malawi Enterprise Development Fund (Medf) continues to report a negative financial performance to poor loan recoveries, Treasury has said.…
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CSOs exonerate Kajoweleka
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) operating under the banner of Malawi Human Rights Defenders Coalition have exonerated one of their prominent…
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Experts decry slow SDGs progress
Commentators have asked government and the private sector to jump to the front in the push to end poverty,…
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HIV, GBV cases rise in Mulanje
The Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare says it is alarmed with the increase in cases of…
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Firms against thin plastics use
Three companies linked to Malawi’s railway industry-Central East African Railway (Cear), Vale Logistics and CLN-have urged communities in Machinga…
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